Từ vựng – Bài 9

1. This young tree could not have been damaged by accident: I believe it was done __________?

2. Police officers working on the murder have ______ hundreds of families?

3. He has left his book here on _______, so that you can read it?

4. The castle was surrounded by a _______, which nowadays contained only occasional rainwater?

5. Because of the fine weather, we had all our classes in the ______ air?

6. He must give us more time, ______ we shall not be able to make a good job of it?

7. When we came out of the cinema, it was ______ with rain?

8. He told me he had been offered a very well-paid _____ abroad?

9. Much to their surprise everything went according to _____?

10. With its expensive furniture and carefully-chosen colour scheme the room looked quite _______ ?

11. Unless the workers’ demands are ______ soon there will be a strike?

12. The best student in each class will ______ a prize at the end of term?

13. His _______ of the aeroplane was correct in every detail and could really fly?

14. Car insurance usually _____ the car when it is being repaired by a garage?

15. Apart from those three very cold weeks in January, it has been a very _____ winter?

16. Can’t you _____ your chief to let you have a holiday?

17. What he described as a ______ detail I thought was the most important part of the plan?

18. His landlady gave him a week’s ______ to leave the flat?

19. He will probably be awarded a Nobel prize on account of his _______ achievements in physics?

20. Your grandfather is rather tired so do not ______ your visit?

21. Excessive smoking is liable to cause ______ cancer?

22. The boy had a _____ escape when he ran across the road in front of the bus?

23. As he had no friends or relatives in the town, the traveller tried to find a _______ somewhere?

24. He _____ in the doorway in order to light his cigarette?

25. There is _____ that I may have to go into hospital next week?

26. The next ______ of the committee will take place on Thursday?

27. Spanish is the ______ language of most Spaniards?

28. Things went well for him during his early life but in middle age his ______ seemed to change?

29. Trains stop here in order to ______ passengers only?

30. Voices were ______as the argument between the two motorists became more bad-tempered?

31. A long line of traffic had to wait at the _____ until the train had passed?

32. She is leaving her husband because she cannot ______ his bad temper any longer?

33. The funeral will be _____, and only members of the dead man’s family will attend?

34. He repaired the fence he had broken and made his ______ with the neighbour on whose property it stood?

35. It takes a lot of ______ to put on a school play such as hamle?

36. She heated the chocolate until it ______ , then poured it over the cake?

37. I shouldn’t consult that man in the market place; he isn’t a qualified doctor although he pretends to be, he’s a ______?

38. This blue door was _____ painted green?

39. The office lifts are out of ______ again?

40. I’ve never seen such a big ______ of feet!?

41. If you want to telephone him you will have to ______ the number in the book?

42. Why are you always so ______ ? You never smile or look cheerful?

43. Tropical diseases are comparatively _____ in Britain?

44. Are you going to attend Dr Barker’s ______ on “Brain Electronics” tomorrow?

45. When there was a short ______ in the conversation, I asked if anyone would like anything to drink?

46. The final ______ of the play will take place on Monday?

47. ______ to leave early is rarely granted?

48. He was pleased to have the _____ to hear such a fine musician play his favourite piece of music?

49. He stroked his cat’s silky fur and the cat ______ contentedly?

50. Can you possibly make ______ what he has written her?

51. The workmen made so much ______ that Mr. walker had to spend three days cleaning up afterwards?

52. The finance minister has not been so _____since he raised taxes to such a high level?

53. The Alps are one of the best-known mountains ________ in Europe?

54. The shoes fitted her _______?

55. Suddenly the crowd _____ and moved back, and the police pushed through?

56. The children played in the park while their mother _______?

57. I washed this dress and the colour _____?

58. The deep pool was so brown and weed-covered that it was almost ______?

59. Peter begged his neighbour to ______ him five pounds until the weekend?

60. I’m sorry but what he thinks is not of the _____ importance to me?

61. One of the tigers has got ______ . Warn everyone of the danger?

62. If the boy had ______ the dog alone it wouldn’t have bitten him?

63. The child enjoyed _____ up the wooden bricks then knocking them down?

64. She tried to ______ out of the window to see the procession more clearly?

65. After a lot of difficulty, he _____ to open the door?

66. Children _______ good food if they are to be healthy?

67. He offered to ______ her a hand as the suitcase was too heavy for her to carry?

68. When I applied for my passport to be renewed, I had to send a ______ photograph?

69. If you don’t mind, I should like to ______ a suggestion?

70. He is paving the garden _____ with flat stones of various shapes?

71. My employer’s ______ of my work does not matter to me at all?

72. After the show, the crowd _____ out of the theatre?

73. His friend never spoke ill ______ him?

74. She came to England for a year in order to ______ the language?

75. The driver tried to avoid the old lady and his car ______ a lamp post?

76. There is a 20 minute parking _____ here, so we must get back to the car very quickly?

77. Will you ______ my essay, please, to find out whether made any mistake?

78. You should have your eyes tested every year in case the _____ of your spectacles need changing?

79. The guide is ______ a line of tourists through the uarrow passage with the help of his torch?

80. Their walking-tour through Lapland never came _______?

81. The farmer had to wear heavy boots in the winter because the fields were so wet and _______?

82. Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always ________ her place?

83. The peoples of the African interior began to ______ gold in exchange for the goods they needed from abroad?

84. As he was ill, he had to ______ the party?

85. Young children ______ older ones, so older children should be good examples?

86. I bumped my head on the doorpost and now a _____ has come up?

87. Her shoes ______ her gloves; they look very well together?

88. She asked me to ______ my name and address in capital letters so that they could be read more easily?

89. The workers went on strike because they thought their wages were too _________?

90. You must ______ that book before you sit down table?

91. The police must now ______ escaped convict in the surrounding counties?

92. He asked an artist to ______ some drawings to illustrate what he had written?

93. I was very ______by the nurse’s attitude, it really annoyed me?

94. After driving for five hours, the driver pulled into ______ for a rest?

95. After sitting in the sun for too long my skin began to _______?

96. When he was at school, he won first ______ for good behaviour?